cephalosporin

noun Pharmacology.

1. any of a group of widely used broad-spectrum antibiotics, originally isolated as a product of fermentation from the fungus Cephalosporium acremonium.

noun

1. any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium

n.

1. Any of various broad-spectrum antibiotics, closely related to the penicillins, that were originally derived from the fungus Cephalosporium acremonium and are used to treat bacterial infections.